شہر قائد کے ضلع ویسٹ، تھانہ مومن آباد کی حدود رحیم شاہ کالونی میں پولیس اور مسلح ڈاکوؤں کے درمیان مقابلہ ہوا۔ ایس ایس پی ویسٹ کے مطابق مقابلہ دو طرفہ فائرنگ کے بعد اختتام پذیر ہوا، جس کے نتیجے میں ایک ملزم زخمی حالت میں گرفتار کر لیا گیا جبکہ اس کا ساتھی فرار ہونے […]
Pakistan’s Chief of Defense Forces’ (CDF’s) recent visit to Libya and his meeting with the Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces is creating and reinforcing the optics that Pakistan’s military continues to be the primary foreign policy actor. However, seen pragmatically, CDF’s visit to Libya and his engagement with the Libyan military leader reflect […]
Another day, another judgement, another sentence. But is it really Imran Khan who is at the receiving end? On Saturday the accountability court handed down seventeen-year sentences to the PTI founder and his wife Bushra Bibi. In the case known as Toshakhana, the prosecution argued that the former First Couple had under-invoiced a gift from […]
Long before Machiavelli, the Indian strategist Kautilya articulated a blunt theory of power in the Arthashastra. Writing in the fourth century BCE, he rejected the idea that moral restraint governs state behaviour. Power, he argued, dictates norms; ethics follow advantage. Rulers, in his view, often preach moderation not because they practice it, but because they […]
The reported 29,000 dog bite cases and 19 deaths from rabies in Karachi during 2025 highlight a serious public health issue that requires immediate solutions. But while public safety is paramount, the historical reliance on mass culling of stray dogs has proven ineffective in the long term. Reactive strategies are also pointless, as the problem […]
Pakistan’s democratic landscape is in the middle of a quiet revolution, as millions of women have been showing up at the ballot box for the first time in recent elections. In just one cycle, the Election Commission says, the gender gap on the nation’s electoral rolls has narrowed from 11.8% in 2018 to 7.1% in […]